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Wireshark Info
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<!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "1.9.1">
]>
<article>
<title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
<section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
<para>
Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
</para>
</section>
<section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
<section id="BugFixes"><title>Bug Fixes</title>
<para>
The following bugs have been fixed:
<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
Wireshark will practice the jazz flute for hours on end when you're
trying to sleep.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=0000">Bug
0000</ulink>)
</para></listitem>
-->
<listitem><para>
.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
<para>
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since version 1.8:
<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
<para>
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</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Wireshark on 32- and 64-bit Windows supports automatic updates.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The packet bytes view is faster.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
You can now display a list of resolved host names in "hosts" format
within Wireshark.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The wireless toolbar has been updated.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Wireshark on Linux does a better job of detecting interface addition
and removal.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
It is now possible to compare two fields in a display filter
(for example: udp.srcport != udp.dstport). The two fields must
be of the same type for this to work.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Wireshark now calculates HTTP response times and presents the result
in a new field in the HTTP response. Links from the request's frame
to the response's frame and vice-versa are also added.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The main welcome screen and status bar now display file sizes using
strict SI prefixes instead of old-style binary prefixes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Capinfos now prints human-readable statistics with SI suffixes
by default.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
<para>
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</para>
</section>
<section id="UpdatedProtocols"><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
Too many protocols have been updated to list here.
</para>
</section>
<section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
<para>
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.
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
<para>
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">http://www.wireshark.org/download.html</ulink>.
</para>
<section id="VendorPackages"><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
<para>
Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages
can be found on the
<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty">download page</ulink>
on the Wireshark web site.
</para>
</section>
</section>
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<section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
-->
<section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
<para>
Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
About→Folders to find the default locations on your system.
</para>
</section>
<section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
<para>
Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419">Bug
1419</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516">Bug
1516</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814">Bug
1814</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234">Bug
2234</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
(<ulink url="https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64">Win64
development page</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
Application crash when changing real-time option.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035">Bug
4035</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
Hex pane display issue after startup.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056">Bug
4056</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
Packet list rows are oversized.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357">Bug
4357</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445">Bug
4445</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
(<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985">Bug
4985</ulink>)
</para>
</section>
<section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
<para>
Community support is available on
<ulink url="http://ask.wireshark.org/">Wireshark's Q&A site</ulink>
and on the wireshark-users mailing list.
Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
web site</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
<ulink url="http://www.wiresharktraining.com/">Wireshark University</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<para>
A complete FAQ is available on the
<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
</article>
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